Furniture-pad.



N0. BMWM. Patented Oct. l6, I900. B. P. RDBINSON.

FURNITURE PAD.

(Application filed Feb. 8, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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CELINDA P. ROBINSON, OF NFNV YORK, N. Y.

FURNITURE PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lPatent No. 660,064, dated October1 6, 1900.

Application filed February 8, 1899. Serial No. 704,999. (No model.)

To (bi/Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CELINDA P. ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFurniture-Pads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to cushions or pads adapted for use upon articlesof furniture for the purpose of cushioning and preventing injury fromviolent contact with the fioor,walls, adjacent furniture, 6150.; andthis invention has for its objects the provision of an automaticpneumatic cushion and the effective in closure of the fastening devicesand various other objects, as will appear from the following descriptionof pads embodying my invention, referring to the accompanying drawings,forming part hereof.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rockingchair having pads thereonembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail, partly in section,of the rear end of a rocker with the pad thereon. Fig. 3 is an elevationof the same. Fig. i is a sectional elevation showing a modified form ofpad. Fig. 5 is an elevation of another modified form of pad.

An ordinary rocking-chair A is shown in Fig. 1, having a rocker A and aback A and this rocking-chair is shown as provided with pads B,embodyingmy invention on the rocker thereof and on the back thereof. Each ofthese pads contains or is made of rubber or other flexible and elasticmaterial which will yield to pressure and when relieved of the pressurewill spring back to its normal shape. This pad is provided with a knobor rounded protruding part B and is formed with an interior air-recess Band an orifice or vent B located in a striking-face thereof and leadinginto the recess 3 This vent B' normally permits free entrance and escapeof air; but when the knob collides with any object the object collidedwith acts as a valve to partially close the vent, the pressure withwhich it acts depending upon the force of the blow, and theair-restraining power of the vent being therefore automatic orself-adjusting and adjust ing itself to the force of the blow. I preferto locate this vent B so that it will be forced against an object in theevent of a direct blow against the pad, as this character of blow isusually the most forceful and would, if not cushioned, be mostdestructive, and the vent is shown as thus located in the constructionsshown in Figs. 1 to 3 and Fig. 5; but in some instances I may locate thevent in the side of the knob or rounded protruding part, so that thevent will be partially closed and the automatic pneumatic action bebrought about by a side blow.

According to my invention the pad is secured to the article by afastening device ontered through the vent, and the pad has a suitablebase 13 adapted to bear against the article to which it is attached, andthis fastening device is shown in Fig. 2 as a screw N and washer N. Theelasticity and pliability of the material of the pad permits thefastening device to be entered through a vent much smaller than thefastening device, and in the construction shown the screw N and washer Ncan be readily entered through the small vent B by slight stretching ofthe walls of the vent. As a result of this construction the fasteningdevice is concealed within the pad and inclosed by yielding material, sothat no hard or metal parts are exposed. A pad provided with a knobembodying my invention may, however, be secured by external fasteningdevices, as shown in Fig. 5, such pad having an extended base-flange B",held by screws N In the modified construction shown in Fig. 4: the padis shown as provided with a hood B, molded to conform to the shape ofthe rear A of the rocker, and provided with an additional vent B, whichextends from the interior air-chamber through the hood, so as to permitair to escape when the hood is drawn onto the rocker, thereby preventingaccumulated air from causing the hood to work off the rocker.

It will be observed that a double purpose is accomplished by having thepad made of elastic material as wellas provided with the recess and ventB, as a yielding envelop is provided for the pneumatic cushion, and atthe same time the yielding character of the pad will bring about acushioning of a blow in any direction and of a blow of such a nature asnot to cause a partial closure of the vent B and thus the articleprovided with my improved pad is elfectnally shielded from causing orreceiving injury from any sort of blow or concussion received by thepad.

While I have shown this pad as applied to a rocking-chair, it may beused in many ways and on many articles to prevent injury from blows orconcussions. Itis of course evident that various modifications may bemade in the constructions above described within the purview of myinvention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--- 1. A-pad forcushioning blows, such pad being made of flexible and elastic materialand provided with an air-chamber and with a vent extending from saidair-chamber to a striking-face of the pad, substantially as set forth.

2. A pad forcushioning blows havingaprotruding part of flexible materialwith an airchamber therein and with a vent extending from saidair-chamber to a striking-face of such protruding part, and providedwith a base for attachment to the article to be protected, substantiallyas set forth.

3. Apad for cushioning blows made of flexible and elastic material andhaving a knob with an air-chamber therein and with a vent extending fromsaid air-chamber to a striking-face of the knob, and provided with abase having a perforation to receive a fasteningvdevice, suchperforation extending from said'air-chamber to said base, substantiallyas set forth.

4. The combination with an article of furniture or other article, of apad for cushioning blows having a compressible knob with i anair-chamber therein and with a vent ex tending from said air-chamber toa striking- 1 face of the knob and provided wit-h a base,

and a fastening device extending from said air-chamber through said baseto said article, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with an article'of furniture or other article, of thepad B having the knob B with the air-chamber 13 therein and the vent B,such vent B extending from said air chamber to the outer face of saidknob, and such pad having the base B and -a fastening device adapted tobe entered through the vent B and extending from said base vt0 saidarticle, substantially as set forth. 6. The pad for cushioning blowshaving the knob 13 with the air-chamber B thereinand

